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hystricine

hystricine adjective: like or pertaining to porcupines.

Adjective

hystricine (comparative more hystricine, superlative most hystricine)

  1. Like or pertaining to porcupines.

Forms of hystricine

comparativemore hystricine
superlativemost hystricine

Origin of hystricine

From Late Latin hystrix (genitive hystricis), a kind of porcupine.

Questions about hystricine

What does hystricine mean?
Hystricine means like or pertaining to porcupines.
What part of speech is hystricine?
Hystricine is an adjective.

Words near hystricine in the dictionary

  1. hystrichosphere
  2. hystrichospheres
  3. hystriciasis
  4. hystricid
  5. hystricids
  6. hystricine
  7. hystricism
  8. hystricognath
  9. hystricognathous
  10. hystricognaths
  11. hystricoid

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